POSCO Group ESG Strategy

POSCO Group defines ESG management as exercising green leadership, building a sustainable society, and advancing governance. Anchored on GREEN as the keyword embodying eco-friendly future materials, we established the following five ESG strategies encompassing each of the three areas of Environment, Social, and Governance.

• ESG Strategic direction - Leading eco-friendly leadership, Creating a sustainable social community, Realizing real value by advancing governance structure
• Five Strategies - Green Competency, Responsible Value Chain, Employee Happiness, Ethics & Intergrity, New Governance For Real Value
• Focus Area - Green Competency(climate change response(low-carbon process/efficiency ↑), eco-friendly Biz expansion(product/service development〮sales), minimizing environmental impact(air/water/biodiversity) all core ESG agenda)
  Responsible Value Chain - supply chain ESG management(human rights/safety/carbon) - core ESG agenda, venture ecosystem strengthening, strategic CSR
  Employee Happiness - creating safe work environment(accident index Zero) - core ESG agenda, human rights protection(DEI&B) - core ESG agenda, talent development
  Ethics & Integrity - ethics / compliance - core ESG agenda, fair trade, tax risk management
  New Governance For Real Value - board operation(independence/expertise/diversity), shareholder rights protection, ESG communication enhancement

ESG Strategic direction

Leading eco-friendly leadership, Creating a sustainable social community, Realizing real value by advancing governance structure

Five Strategies

Green Competency, Responsible Value Chain, Employee Happiness, Ethics & Intergrity, New Governance For Real Value

Focus Area

• Green Competency(climate change response(low-carbon process/efficiency ↑), eco-friendly Biz expansion(product/service development〮sales), minimizing environmental impact(air/water/biodiversity) all core ESG agenda)
• Responsible Value Chain - supply chain ESG management(human rights/safety/carbon) - core ESG agenda, venture ecosystem strengthening, strategic CSR
• Employee Happiness - creating safe work environment(accident index Zero) - core ESG agenda, human rights protection(DEI&B) - core ESG agenda, talent development
• Ethics & Integrity - ethics / compliance - core ESG agenda, fair trade, tax risk management
• New Governance For Real Value - board operation(independence/expertise/diversity), shareholder rights protection, ESG communication enhancement

Sustainability Report

Starting with the '2020 Sustainability Report', POSCO DX has been transparently disclosing and communicating its ESG management performance to stakeholders by publishing a sustainability report every year. The POSCO DX Sustainability Report complies with the GRI Standards, the global sustainability reporting standard, reflects SASB industry standards and TCFD recommendations, and includes implementation activities to achieve the UN SDGs. In addition, it received third-party certification from an independent external verification agency to ensure objectivity and transparency of the content.

2023 POSCO DX Sustainability Report

POSCO DX releases the ‘2023 Sustainability Report’ containing its commitment, strategy, and performance toward ESG management.
This report is POSCO DX's fourth sustainability report and includes ESG performance in the areas of environment, society, and governance, including the 2040 carbon neutrality roadmap and strengthening ESG management through the establishment of an ESG committee. In particular, we introduced and analyzed a ‘double importance assessment’ that considers not only environmental and social impacts, but also financial impacts, and systematically included strategies, performance, and future management plans for the five major issues. POSCO DX will continue to do its best to create a sustainable world as a leading digital transformation company.

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ESG Evaluation · Certification

POSCO DX responds to performance evaluations and certifications for the environment (E), society (S), and governance (G) through ESG evaluation agencies and external certification agencies every year, and promotes advancement of ESG management based on the results.

ESG Evaluation rating

KCGS ESG Evaluation rating

KCGS ESG Evaluation rating(Evaluation year, Integrated rating, Environment, Society, Governance)

Evaluation year	Integrated rating	Environment	Society	Governance
2024년
2023년
2022년
2021년
2020년

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